Fight!” — a nod to Trump’s raised fist after a gunman tried to kill him at a campaign rally Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump sat for the rest of the program alongside close allies, including his new running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson, and Trump’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. Before Trump’s appearance, the attempt on his life was more of a footnote than a focus of the RNC convention, which opened Monday in Milwaukee with an explosion of sequins, cowboy boots, pointy stilettos and MAGA everything. AdvertisementNight one’s speakers praised Trump for surviving what the former president said was a bullet that grazed the upper tip of his right ear. The bullet was captured in a New York Times photo whizzing past Trump, moments before law enforcement killed the shooter.

Source: Huffington Post July 16, 2024 14:52 UTC